Tamil Nadu emphasised its strike power while shocking defending champion Eastern Railway 84-79 and topping Group-A in the women’s section of the 33rd Federation Cup basketball tournament at the Gautam Buddha University here on Friday.
Dharshini top-scored with 24 points for Tamil Nadu which dominated the third quarter after leading 43-42 at half-time before Eastern Railway bridged the gap in the last quarter.
In the semifinals, Tamil Nadu will play Maharashtra while Eastern Railway will face the topper from the other group, Kerala.
Punjab Police on top
In the men’s category, Punjab Police finished on top, followed by defending champion Income Tax (Chennai). In the semifinals, Punjab Police will play Shri Guru Gobind Singh College (Chandigarh) while Income Tax will clash with Indian Army.
The results:
Men: Group-A: Income Tax 67 (Raghuram 23, Ramkumar 12) bt RDSO (Lucknow) 43 (Vijay Parmar 10); Punjab Police 85 (Harshpreet Singh Bhullar 21, Rajveer Singh 14) bt BSF (Jodhpur) 39 (Syed Modh 12).
Punjab Police 92 (Rajveer Singh 23, Harshpreet Singh Bhullar 18, Amritpal Singh 10, Amrithpal Singh jr 10) bt ASC Centre (Bengaluru) 70; ASC Centre 59 (Rinku Hooda 14, Balwan 14) bt BSF 43 (Krishna Pradeep Kumar Sankhala 14, Swarnakar 10).
Income Tax 71 (Sivabalan 15, Akhilan 15, Ramkumar 14) bt ASC Centre 61 (Prabhu 13, Vivekananda 10).
Group-B: Indian Army 101 (Sunil 26, Suresh Kumar Bijarnia 23) bt Guru Gobind Singh College (Chandigarh) 77 (Ravi Bhardwaj 32, S. Jatin 17).
Women: Group-A: Tamil Nadu 84 (Dharshini 24, Sri Vidhya 18, Iswarya 14) bt Eastern Railway79 (Poonam Chaturvedi 33, Madhukumari 13, Sitamani Tudu 13); Karnataka 67 (Lopamudra 34, Sanjana Ramesh 18) bt Delhi 55 (M. Anisha 16, Tavleen Kaur 14).
Group-B: Kerala 88 (P.G. Anjana 23, Rojamol 20, K.S. Poojamol 13, Stephy Nixon10) bt Chhattisgarh 44 ( Deepa 11); Maharashtra 69 (Sruthi Aravind 25) bt Uttar Pradesh 41 (Vrinda Garg 11) .
